2020 INDIANA BASEBALL BART KAUFMAN FIELD • BLOOMINGTON, IND. ► 2020 RECORD OVERALL RECORD 8-6 BIG TEN 0-0 INDIANA HOOSIERS (8-6) NON-CONFERENCE 8-6 Head Coach: Je¡ Mercer • Wright State, 2009 HOME 2-2 AWAY 3-3 Career Record: 122-77 (4th season) • IU Record: 45-29 (2nd season) NEUTRAL 3-1 VS. STREAK L3 CINCINNATI BEARCATS (7-7) ► THE SCHEDULE Head Coach: Scott Googins • Ohio Wesleyan, 1992 Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result : 407-423 (16th season) • 66-66 (4th season) Career Record UC Record: Feb. 14 at #11 LSU L, 1-8 Feb. 15 at #11 LSU L, 4-7 ► THE WEEK AHEAD Feb. 16 at #11 LSU W, 7-2 Feb. 21 vs. UT Martin$ W, 3-2 WEDNESDAY - 4:05 PM ET FRIDAY - 4:05 PM ET SATURDAY - 2:05 PM ET Feb. 22 at #30 South Alabama$ W, 4-2 RHP David Platt RHP Gabe Bierman LHP Tommy Sommer Feb. 23 vs. Siena$ W, 12-3 (0-0, 4.70 ERA) (2-1, 2.45 ERA) (2-1, 2.61 ERA) Feb. 28 at #17 East Carolina+ W, 11-5 Feb. 29 vs. High Point+ W, 5-1 LHP Garrett Schoenle LHP Danny Denz RHP Carson Stinnett Mar. 1 vs. #13 Ole Miss+ L, 5-9 (0-0, 11.37 ERA) (2-0, 1.50 ERA) (1-1, 2.05 ERA) Mar. 4 Purdue W, 17-2 (7) Mar. 7 San Diego W, 9-2 ► SETTING THE SCENE San Diego L, 2-6 Mar. 8 San Diego L, 5-13 • Indiana will play host to Cincinnati on Wednesday afternoon at Bart Kaufman Field in Mar. 10 at Evansville L, 4-5 Bloomington, Ind. in a midweek contest. Mar. 11 Cincinnati 4:05 PM Mar. 13 Memphis 4:05 PM • On Tuesday, the Hoosiers fell on the road at in-state rival Evansville, 5-4. After falling Mar. 14 Memphis 2:05 PM behind 5-1, Indiana staged a late rally, but was unable to take down the Purple Aces. Mar. 15 Memphis 12:05 PM Mar. 17 Kentucky 6:05 PM • Jeff Mercer enters his second season at the helm of the Indiana baseball program Mar. 20 Illinois State 4:05 PM after leading the Hoosiers to a Big Ten regular season title in 2019, earning him Big Ten Mar. 21 Illinois State (DH) 12:05 PM Mar. 22 Illinois State 12:05 PM Coach of the Year honors. Mar. 24 Butler 6:05 PM Mar. 27 Ohio State* 7:00 PM Mar. 28 Ohio State* 2:30 PM ► LEADING OFF Mar. 29 Ohio State* 1:05 PM • Indiana won the program’s seventh Big Ten regular season championship in 2019, Mar. 31 at Ball State 3:00 PM posting an overall record of 37-23 and a conference mark of 17-7. Apr. 3 at Penn State* 6:30 PM Apr. 4 at Penn State* 2:00 PM Apr. 5 at Penn State* 1:00 PM • For his e¡orts, Je¡ Mercer was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Mercer became the Apr. 7 Indiana State 6:00 PM §rst Big Ten head coach since 1982 (John Anderson, Minnesota) to win a regular season Apr. 10 at Northwestern* 4:30 PM conference title in his §rst season as the skipper. He was just the second coach in IU Apr. 11 at Northwestern* 3:00 PM history – in any sport, men’s or women’s – to win an outright Big Ten championship in Apr. 12 at Northwestern* 2:00 PM his (or her) §rst year. Apr. 15 Ball State 6:05 PM Apr. 17 Michigan State* 6:05 PM • Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (428) and con- Apr. 18 Michigan State* 2:05 PM ference wins (178). The Hoosiers have made seven NCAA Regionals over that span, the Apr. 19 Michigan State* 12:05 PM most out of any current Big Ten team. Apr. 21 at Indiana State TBA Apr. 24 at Rutgers* 2:00 PM Apr. 25 at Rutgers* 1:00 PM • For the sixth time in seven years, Indiana was selected to the 2019 NCAA Baseball Apr. 26 at Rutgers* 12:00 PM Tournament §eld. The Hoosiers played in the Louisville Regional, earning a No. 2 seed Apr. 28 vs. #24 Notre Dame^ 7:00 PM for the second-consecutive season. May 1 #21 Michigan* 7:30 PM May 2 #21 Michigan* 2:00 PM • A school-record 10 Hoosiers were selected in the 2019 MLB Draft, led by out§eld May 3 #21 Michigan* 2:00 PM Matt Gorski, who was selected in the second round (57th overall). Gorski was the high- May 8 at Purdue* 6:00 PM est-drafted Hoosier since Kyle Schwarber in 2014 (1st round, fourth overall). May 9 at Purdue* 6:00 PM May 10 at Purdue* 1:00 PM • Last year, pitcher Andrew Saalfrank was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and May 12 at #2 Louisville 6:00 PM earned a spot on the All-Big Ten First Team along with utility player Matt Lloyd. Scotty May 14 Nebraska* 6:05 PM May 15 Nebraska* 6:05 PM Bradley, Cole Barr and Matt Gorski each made the second team, while Elijah Dunham May 16 Nebraska* 12:05 PM earned third team laurels. Grant Richardson picked up All-Big Ten Freshman Team hon- May 20-24 Big Ten Tournament# ors, while Drew Ashley was named the Sportsmanship Award winner. $ South Alabama Tournament - Mobile, Ala. + Keith LeClair Classic - Greenville, N.C. INDIANA MEDIA RELATIONS Scott Burns, Assistant Director of Media Relations and Content Creation/Baseball Contact * Big Ten Conference Game Email: [email protected] Cell Phone: 812-322-5285 Oce: 812-856-2939 ^ Victory Field in Indianapolis, Ind. # Omaha, Neb. @INDIANABASE • IUHOOSIERS.COM 2020 INDIANA BASEBALL 2020 INDIANA UNIVERSITY BASEBALL ROSTER # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Ye a r Hometown/Previous School 1 Jeremy Houston INF 5-8 177 R/R Sr. Chicago, Ill./Mount Carmel 2 Cole Barr INF 5-11 191 R/R Jr. Yorktown, Ind./Yorktown 3 Drew Ashley INF/OF 5-11 170 R/R Jr. Chandler, Ind./Evansville Memorial 4 Hunter Jessee OF 6-0 177 L/L Fr. South Lebanon, Ohio/Kings 5 Paul Toetz INF 5-11 190 R/R Fr. Greendale, Wisc./Greendale 6 Grant Richardson OF 6-2 186 L/L So. Fishers, Ind./Fishers 7 Ethan Vecrumba OF 6-4 205 L/R Fr. Bloomington, Ind./Edgewood 8 Cooper Trinkle INF 5-10 190 R/R Jr. Columbus, Ind./John A. Logan College 9 Alex Franklin RHP 6-3 200 R/R So. Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South 10 AJ Hacker RHP 6-3 194 L/R Fr. Morehead, Ky./Rowan County 11 Collin Hopkins C 6-0 190 R/R R-Sr. Nashville, Tenn./Western Kentucky Univ. 12 Grant Macciocchi RHP/INF 6-4 195 R/R R-Sr. West Chester, Ohio/Univ. of Kentucky 13 Cal Krueger RHP 6-0 193 R/R Sr. Jasper, Ind./Jasper 14 Nathan Stahl RHP 6-4 215 R/R Fr. New Franklin, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit 15 David Platt RHP 6-3 210 R/R Fr. Quakertown, Pa./Palisades 16 Zach Behrmann LHP 6-6 200 L/L Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./North Central 17 Elijah Dunham OF 6-0 213 L/L Jr. Evansville, Ind./F.J. Reitz 18 Braden Scott LHP 6-3 200 R/L Sr. Jasonville, Ind./Olney Central College 19 Tommy Sommer LHP 6-4 207 L/L Jr. Carmel, Ind./Carmel 21 Jordan Fucci INF 6-5 230 L/R R-Sr. Lexington, Ky./Samford Univ. 23 Brant Voth C 6-2 185 S/R Fr. Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley 25 Connor Manous RHP 6-0 181 R/R R-Jr. Munster, Ind./Miami (Fla.) 26 Hunter Combs C 5-9 195 R/R Jr. Central City, Ky./John A. Logan College 27 Reese Sharp RHP 6-3 205 R/R Fr. Noblesville, Ind./University 28 Garrett Manous OF 6-0 170 R/R Fr. Munster, Ind./Munster 31 Jack Walker LHP 6-5 210 L/L Fr. New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine 32 Tyler Van Pelt OF 5-11 185 L/R So. Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South 34 Braydon Tucker RHP 6-4 215 L/R So. Brazil, Ind./Northview 35 Matt Litwicki RHP 6-1 201 R/R So. Dyer, Ind./Lake Central 37 Gabe Bierman RHP 6-2 170 R/R So. Je¡ersonville, Ind./Je¡ersonville 38 Jake Skrine INF 6-2 200 R/R R-So. Longmont, Colo./Mead 39 Blayne Deaton RHP 6-6 195 L/R Fr. Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek 41 Ty Bothwell LHP 5-10 180 L/L R-Fr. Hebron, Ind./Boone Grove 42 Grant Sloan RHP 6-5 215 R/R R-Sr. Zionsville, Ind./Virginia 45 John Modugno RHP 6-6 190 R/R Fr. Upper Saddle River, N.J./Don Bosco Prep 51 McCade Brown RHP 6-6 200 R/R So. Normal, Ill./Normal West Head Coach: Je¡ Mercer (#22) Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Dan Held (#36) Associate Head Coach/Pitching: Justin Parker (#24) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Derek Simmons (#20) Director of Player Development: Scott Rolen Director of Baseball Operations/Pitching Development: Denton Sagerman Strength and Conditioning Coach: Will Alli Athletic Trainer: Joel Langemaat Graduate Manager: Josh Turnock Equipment Manager: Rusty Stillions PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Zach Behrmann ............................................................ Bear-man Connor Manous ................................................................Man-iss Gabe Bierman ............................................................... Beer-man Garrett Manous .................................................................Man-iss Jordan Fucci ..................................................................... Few-see John Modugno ........................................................ Muh-dune-yo Matt Litwicki .................................................................Lit-wick-ee Tommy Sommer ............................................................